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Lida Sharp was issued a $75 ticket by the MTA for walking between subway cars.
In late July of this year, Lida Sharp stepped onto a 2 train at Penn Station on her way downtown to work.
The car wasn’t air conditioned and, in stifling 102-degree heat, Sharp, 45, felt faint. Before the train started moving again, she followed a man’s lead in front of her and walked through the subway doors to an air-conditioned car.
That was when an MTA cop stopped her and slapped them both with a $75 fine. The MTA now wants $125 total from her, including late fees, said Sharp.
“He didn’t care that I felt sick or that it was an emergency,” said Sharp, who works for Metro. “He didn’t care that the train wasn’t moving or that I didn’t even know it was illegal.”
In 2005, the MTA made it illegal for riders to cross in between train cars, as riders can slip and fall beneath the train.
But it’s a familiar sight to anyone who has ridden the subway: Every day, dozens of people nonchalantly pass through subway doors without being caught.
“That’s what infuriates me,” said Sharp. “The Mexican mariachi band, the homeless man begging for money. I always see them walking through cars. And nothing is ever done to them.”
The car wasn’t air conditioned and, in stifling 102-degree heat, Sharp, 45, felt faint. Before the train started moving again, she followed a man’s lead in front of her and walked through the subway doors to an air-conditioned car.
That was when an MTA cop stopped her and slapped them both with a $75 fine. The MTA now wants $125 total from her, including late fees, said Sharp.
“He didn’t care that I felt sick or that it was an emergency,” said Sharp, who works for Metro. “He didn’t care that the train wasn’t moving or that I didn’t even know it was illegal.”
In 2005, the MTA made it illegal for riders to cross in between train cars, as riders can slip and fall beneath the train.
But it’s a familiar sight to anyone who has ridden the subway: Every day, dozens of people nonchalantly pass through subway doors without being caught.
“That’s what infuriates me,” said Sharp. “The Mexican mariachi band, the homeless man begging for money. I always see them walking through cars. And nothing is ever done to them.”
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